Unit 1 Flashcards
What are the 4 tissue types
Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Neural
What are the levels of organization?
Molecule/chemical, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
What are the 3 components in feedback loops
Receptor
Control center
Effector
Negative feedback loop….
And example
Reverses direction body was going in the first place
Ex Touching a hot stove
Positive feedback loop….
And example
Doesn’t reverse, goes more in the same direction
Very rare
Ex birth or lactation
Abduction
Arms going away from body, take away from midline
Adduction
Arms going to body, add to midline
Epithelial tissue function and location
Function: forms barriers, lines digestive
Location: sweat glands
Connective tissue function and location
Function: stores energy, provides structural support
Location: cartilage, fat, blood
All throughout body, never exposed to outside
What are the three types of muscle tissue? Location? Function?
- Skeletal
Function: stabilizes body temp
Location: - Heart
- Smooth
Function: moves food through GI
Location: all other muscle in the body that’s not skeletal or the heart
Neural tissue location
Function: carries info to/from brain
What are the 3 protein fibers
Reticular
Collagen
Elastic
Describe reticular fibers
Branches, strong
Describe collagen fibers
Thick, strong, pink bands
Describe elastic fibers
Stretchy, slender, hair like